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Click\u003Cbr>United States Naval Academy, [amanda.click@gmail.com](amanda.click@gmail.com)\u003Cbr>Claire Walker Wiley\u003Cbr>Belmont University, [claire.wiley@belmont.edu](claire.wiley@belmont.edu)\u003Cbr>Meggan A. Houlihan\u003Cbr>Colorado State University, [meggan.houlihan@colostate.edu](meggan.houlihan@colostate.edu)\u003Cbr>Follow this and additional works at: [https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/comminfolit](https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/comminfolit)\u003Cbr> Part of the Information Literacy Commons\u003Cbr>Let us know how access to this document benefits you. |  |\n\nRecommended Citation  \nClick, A. B., Wiley, C. W., & Houlihan, M. A. (2021) .“We’re a Little Different:” Business Information Literacy Perspectives on the ACRL Framework. Communications in Information Literacy, 15 (1), 24–56.  \n[https://doi.org/10.15760/comminfolit.2021.15.1.2](https://doi.org/10.15760/comminfolit.2021.15.1.2)  \nThis open access Research Article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons AttributionNonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC-SA 4 .0) . All documents in PDXScholar should meet accessibility standards. If we can make this document more accessible to you, contact our team.  \n“We’re a Little Different:” Business Information Literacy Perspectives on the ACRL Framework  \nAmanda B. Click, United States Naval Academy Claire Walker Wiley, Belmont University Meggan A. Houlihan, Colorado State University  \nAbstract  \nThe introduction of the ACRL Framework for Information Literacy in Higher Education in 2015 inspired many librarians to rethink how they offer information literacy instruction. This multi-method study, using data from a survey and five focus groups, explores the use of the Framework in business information literacy (BIL). The study research questions focus on how librarians engage with the Framework in supporting the information needs of business students. Participants indicate that they make implicit, direct, and institutional use of the Framework. They also use a variety of tools aside from the Framework when designing their BIL instruction. Limitations of the Framework include the language of the document and irrelevance to some disciplinary contexts; librarians also struggle with meeting faculty expectations and finding the time for implementation. However, they find “Authority Is Constructed and Contextual,” “Information Has Value,” and “Searching as Strategic Exploration” to be the most useful frames for BIL instruction.  \nKeywords: ACRL Framework, business information literacy, information literacy instruction, focus groups, survey, librarian perceptions  \nClick, A. B., Wiley, C. W., & Houlihan, Meggan A. (2021) .“We’re a little different:”Business information literacy perspectives on the ACRL Framework. Communications in Information Literacy, 15(1), 24–56.  \n“We’re a Little Different:” Business Information Literacy Perspectives on the ACRL Framework  \nBusiness continues to be the most popular undergraduate major in the United States. In 2018, postsecondary institutions conferred close to 600,000 undergraduate and graduate degrees in business (National Center for Education Statistics, 2019, Tables 322.10 and 323.10). Librarians have long served this student population through information literacy (IL) instruction, collection development, and research support. The introduction of the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) Framework for Information Literacy in Higher Education in 2015 inspired many librarians to rethink how they offer IL instruction, including both integration into general education curriculum and disciplinary-specific applications. 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